Horse that wont respect fencing

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Right, so the ginger ninja has done herself a mischief. She wont be boxed (hops the door!) which given her injury (check ligament) we dont want her doing.
So, we have fenced off a bit of paddock in the hope of stopping her from hooning about, using electric fencing.
She is a thin skinned warmblood, yet walks straight through the fence (she is in a rug but still!!!).
The fencing is properly earthed etc etc and having fallen on it, I can assure you the thing packs a bit of a belt, so why isnt it stopping her?
I have tried putting her little friend in wih her but she craves the rest of her fieldmates so trashes my fencing efforts and trundles on after them.
Anyone got any suggestions?
 
She won't feel anything through her rug. Either take it off and let her get a zap or thread some elctric tape through the front straps so that when she leans on it it zaps her
 
She won't feel it through the rug. There are loads here that hang over the fences when they are rugged but won't go anywhere near when they are naked!! One owner here tied a strip of electric fencing to the front of her horses rug to give him an extra shock - seems to have stopped him going through the fence - now he just hangs over the top of it.

Not something I would do myself but then mine don't trash fencing.
 
Try using wooden posts with insulators and 3-4 strands of electric rope, it makes it a much stronger & more substantial looking fence.

I had 2 escapees the other day - every time I put the fence back up they went back through it (2 strands of electric tape)

Once I had done the above with wooden posts every 15 metres & then plastic posts in between, 3 strands of electric rope then they didn't even attempt it!
 
My neighbour successfully used those builders security fencing - the ones that are mesh and about 7ft hight for a similar situation. I think other people on here have also used them.

I think you may be able to hire them!

Good luck!
 
I was always told to ensure they got a shock from the fence, pref while she has her rug on, then she gets a fright from the fence, with the rug on and wont be overly keen to go near it again.
I'm sure some1 will have some better advice on here! Good luck keeping her in, escape artists are so frustrating.
 
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